January Card Chain Challenge

I'm a terrible blogger!  I have played along with the Card Chain Challenge for several months now, but I keep forgetting to post my card on reveal day!  I think the 2nd of the month is reveal day (my time) so I'm a few days late, but here is my card anyway.

There are several challenge options you can choose - sketch, colours, themes or techniques.  I went with the sketch and the friendship theme for my card which I sent to Joanne in the UK.  Here is the sketch:

For my card I die-cut some circles from a white panel and then positioned that panel over the card base so I could mark the cut-outs.  I then sponged some Distress Ink into the cut-outs before adhering the panel onto the card base.

I then stamped and colored a couple of the chicks from Birthday Chicks set and added them to the circles.  The "friend" die is stacked and the rest of the sentiment is white embossed onto black.

And that is it!  Amazingly, this card made it from New Zealand to England in 4 days - quicker than it takes to get around New Zealand!

And because sometimes being late works, there is a new challenge at Addicted to CAS which is looking for bird cards.  How serendipitous 😀

Thanks, as always, for taking the time to visit.

Products used:

Stamps:  Birthday Chicks (MFT)
Ink:  Amalgam (Gina K Designs), Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey Distress Inks, Versamark
Cardstock:  White, Black, X-Press It
Dies:  Inside/Out Stitched Circles, Stitched Rectangle Stax, Slanted Sentiment Strips (MFT)
Accessories:  Copics, White EP, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

Cheers
Karren